Egyptian Funeral Beliefs

It’s not a subject we like to talk about but death is something that we are accustomed to. The funeral is a practice that most have witnessed at some point in their life. In fact, every single culture throughout history and the world have some sort of funeral rite or ritualistic way of handling the disposition of the deceased. The Egyptians had some of the most elaborate funerals involving the process of mummification, magic spells and the building of enormous tombs. Egypt as singled out as one of the ancient civilizations that have contributed indirectly to the modern day funeral.
The ancient Egyptians believed in an afterlife, that after a person died their spirt or “ka” lived on. They believed that the spirt would need a place to live so